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Name: Kimber Lee Falkinburg Location: Cherrywood Neighborhood, Austin, Texas My studio is 505 square feet of travel inspiration located in the Cherrywood neighborhood of Austin, Texas. Navigating the sea of concrete isla...

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Inspiring spaces with just a hint of drama. That's the common thread that seems to weave itself in the inspiring spaces from this week's tours of homes. Spaces that spark imagination. Did you find ideas to borrow to crea...

At the intermission of No ël Coward's Private Lives, my wife asked me whether I had been offended by the use of the word "Chinaman." We were watching a splendid production by the Washington, D.C. Shakespeare Theatre. Ot...

The first wave of commercial veggie burgers had issues.

Samantha wasn't able to resist taking this piece of furniture home when she spotted it for free on the side of the road. She didn't quite know what she was going to with it, but she knew with some creative ideas it could...

Now that the July 4th festivities have wound down, what are you going to do with the rest of your long, long weekend? Here are three suggestions for ways to get outside and enjoy the summer weather.

It’s peak mango season in South Florida, so when I got my first batch from a friend’s yard, I went searching for something new to try.

Voice integration is becoming more prominent and relevant in our everyday devices. Apple’s iPhones rejuvenated voice commands with Siri, which allows people to send messages and schedule meetings by simply speaking com...

Ready for some weekend food for thought? We came across this short (eight minute long) miniature documentary about David Welsford, currently calling a 50-year-old, 28-foot wooden sailboat home. This glimpse into David's ...

Bilkis Ahmed aka Bobby (Vidya Balan) wants to be a detective. But there are obstacles. First, her training. She has none, a point her boss from the agency where she wanted to work pounds home. Second, her gender. She's a...

What's your very favorite food? French fries (mine!)? Pizza or hamburgers? Do you love coffee more than any solid sustenance? No doubt you have a few places in your town that you love and go to over and over again. But w...

feather gatherers sample 1 from Normandy Sherwood on Vimeo. work sample from a workshop of The Feather Gatherer's at Dixon Place "Even though there's no God -- I mean, Especially because there's no God! There must be a D...

Just a few days after we featured several East Coast bookstores in our special summer reading feature, they were walloped by Hurricane Arthur. Downtown Books in Manteo, N.C., took in about eight inches of water on the Fo...

Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week. 1. Rome holds ...

William Shakespeare historians have tried and failed to find a figure during the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V who might have been the inspiration for Sir John Falstaff, whom many of the playwright's advocates consider ...

It takes talent to spot an old rusted lamp in a dumpster and see it for what it really is: an opportunity for a DIY project that could light up a room! Paula only took a few steps to make over this lamp she found in the ...

These small DIY projects won't change the entire look of a room in your home, but they will make your life a tiny bit better by being cute and functional. Not to mention pretty easy to make!

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The actress, 29, sings in her charming new film Begin Again, about musicians in Manhattan. How nervous were you about singing? I found it completely terrifying! I was out of my comfort zone. But your voice is so pretty. ...

Do you recall the moves to the Macarena and the lyrics to "Ice Ice Baby"? How about Bill Clinton's tryst with Monica Lewinsky--or the drama of the O.J. Simpson trial? National Geographic Channel's The '90s: The Last Grea...

Q: What does the documentary Life Itself reveal about Roger Ebert? --Lucy M., Rockville, Md. A: "Right up until the end, he was joking," says Ebert's widow, Chaz, about the film (in theaters now and available on demand),...